May 16, 2004 – Free games

I love days off. I slept in, cleaned my room, played video games, rented some movies, made plans for the visitors, and got 2 new games from the dozo table. Life is good.

(2014 Update) The free games were K-1 kickboxing games for Playstation 1. At the time, K-1 was one of the biggest combat sports promotions in Japan. They regularly held kickboxing tournaments that were shown on prime time TV. The fights were all striking with no submissions, and lasted up to 3 x 3 minute rounds. Around 2004 they boasted an impressive 80% knockout rate. You would think that these would be all the ingredients needed for a good video game, but somehow the games sucked. At least they were free!